Maria Stuarda (Mary Stuart) is a tragic opera (tragedia lirica), in two acts, by Gaetano Donizetti, to a libretto by Giuseppe Bardari, based on Andrea Maffei's translation of Friedrich Schiller's 1800 play Maria Stuart.

A searingly dramatic setting of Friedrich Schiller’s play about Mary, Queen of Scots, and her political and personal rivalry with Queen Elizabeth I of England, Maria Stuarda had a troubled genesis, despite its musical and theatrical brilliance, and only recently achieved a place in the repertory. These two fearsome rivals embody different ...

Maria Stuarda (Mary Stuart) is a tragic opera, (tragedia lirica), in two acts, by Gaetano Donizetti, to a libretto by Giuseppe Bardari, based on Friedrich Schiller's 1800 play Maria Stuart.

Maria Stuarda (soprano) Elisabetta (soprano) Anna Kennedy (mezzo) Roberto (tenor) Lord Guglielmo Cecil (baritone) Giorgio Talbot (bass) Herald (tenor) Mixed Chorus (SATB) Orchestra: Related Works Revised with a new libretto as Buondelmonte, 1834. External Links Wikipedia article Opera Guide

Although chiefly known today for having written the libretto for Donizetti's 1835 opera, Maria Stuarda, he played a prominent role in the judiciary of Naples in the years leading up to the unification of Italy.

Dec 29, 2024 · This new production of “Maria Stuarda” from the prolific and talented director Sir David McVicar, with Lisette Oropesa in the titular role, accompanied by bel canto expertise tenor Ismael Jordi and the astonishing Aigul Akhmetshina as Elisabetta, turned out to be technically impressive but lacked dramatic depth in the final scene.

Jan 14, 2025 · Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland — her name will be linked in perpetuity with another name: Elizabeth I of England.Mary and Elizabeth: two queens, two adversaries, two women in the middle of the 16th century. Although ‘sisters and cousins’, they never actually encountered each other in the flesh — contrary to the fictional conceit.

As one of the Tudor Queens series of bel canto operas, Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda takes an imagined moment in British history and creates an opera filled with rivalry and passion, to a stunning score which requires exceptionally skilled virtuoso singers to do it real justice.

Dec 22, 2024 · This new Maria Stuarda prioritises the emotional intensity that has been the hallmark of McVicar’s prior Donizetti stagings with two excellent central performances and a powerful sense of how the personal and the political are indelibly interwoven.

Maria Stuarda Composer: Donizetti Gaetano Arias (sheet music for voice and piano): Elisabetta Ah! quando all'ara sorgemi…Ah dal ciel discenda un raggio Quella vita a me funesta Leicester Ah! rimiro il bel sembiante Maria Stuarda